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Base44 builds an app, its backend, and its hosting from your words. Farther Shore is the business layer an agent can run: pricing, metering, access, and operations.
Scope. Base44 is an all-in-one builder: describe an app and it generates the frontend, database, auth, and hosting. Farther Shore doesn't generate your app. It is the substrate a new software business runs on: plans, metered billing, credits, customer API keys, a customer app, analytics, and full agent operation.
Base44 takes payments through Base44 Payments or Stripe, and its Apps API manages Stripe products and prices. Stripe subscriptions, refunds, and disputes are handled in the Stripe Dashboard. We found no metered billing, prepaid credits, customer API keys, or per-request plan enforcement. Farther Shore declares and enforces all of them.
| Capability | Farther Shore | Base44 |
|---|---|---|
| Builds and hosts the app | Partialhosts your customer app; you bring the backend | Yesfrontend, database, hosting |
| Customer sign-up and accounts | Yesteams and roles | Yesbuilt-in auth |
| Subscriptions and one-time payments | Yessettled on your Stripe | YesBase44 Payments or Stripe |
| Usage-based billing and metering | Yescounted exactly once | None found |
| Prepaid credits and top-ups | Yes | None found |
| Plan limits enforced on every request | Yes | None found |
| API keys for your customers | Yesminted, scoped, rotated by customers | None found |
| Pricing declared in code | Yesbusiness.ts | Nomanaged in the builder and Stripe |
| Revenue and usage analytics | Yes | Partialtraffic and sales overview |
| An agent can operate the live business | YesCLI + MCP | PartialApps API in beta; MCP for building |
Sources: base44.com · docs.base44.com: Apps API payments · docs.base44.com: tracking payments
Base44 offers an SDK, a CLI, and an MCP server focused on building and editing apps, plus an Apps API in beta. Farther Shore treats operating the live business as the primary agent surface: day-to-day operations run over the CLI and MCP.
Choose Base44 when you want an app built, hosted, and taking payments without writing or running any backend. Its built-in database, auth, hosting, and payment options make it the faster path from idea to working app.
If your Base44 app grows into a product with usage pricing, credits, or an API your customers call, Farther Shore can run that business layer while your app keeps running.
FAQ
Only partly. Base44 generates and hosts the whole app. Farther Shore is what the business runs on: metered billing, credits, plan enforcement, customer API keys, analytics, and agent operations.
As of November 2026 we found neither in Base44's documentation, which covers payments through Base44 Payments or Stripe, with Stripe subscriptions managed in the Stripe Dashboard. Farther Shore supports usage-based billing, included allowances, and prepaid credits declared in code.
Wix acquired Base44 in June 2025. Farther Shore is independent, and charges settle on your own Stripe account, so you remain the merchant.
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